tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47588894520896977732015-09-16T14:14:15.115-04:00The UnSeen EyeRamblings... what else would a blog be about?Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-89552089991431148482012-06-22T12:33:00.000-04:002012-06-22T22:39:13.648-04:00S.I.N. RemovalS.I.N. Removal (pt. I)
By Manuel Vidal Jr.
12/02/09
After having his usual breakfast at the corner diner, 2 eggs with bacon and toast plus a regular cup of coffee, Mr. Flynn walks to the subway.
Even after the construction of two new Hyper-Highways, one next to the Hudson River and the other one next to the Harlem River, the city traffic had not improved as much as it was expected.
Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-17225123102905917882012-06-21T20:20:00.000-04:002012-06-21T20:21:30.605-04:00Wasted Childhood/Niñez GastadaNunca
aprendi a calibrar mi bicicleta, tampoco aprendi a culatear. Yo era un muchacho de mi casa, de eso que no
podian salir jugar a la calle sin permiso.
Viviendo en una segunda planta yo veia el mundo desde el balcon. No era que no me dejaban salir a jugar, era
que tenia que hacerlo con permiso y si mami no estaba ahi no podia salir. Ella llegaba del trabajo despues de las
cinco de la Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-19135822651526961172012-06-13T14:57:00.000-04:002012-06-13T14:57:00.089-04:00Señorita Maestra VS Carrusel
Hablando de novelas infantiles aqui les tengo un pareo entre "la original" y "la repetida".
Señorita Maestra (1982-1985) hecha en Argentina. A esta le llamo "la original" pues fue la primera que vi. La historia de una maestra y las aventuras de sus alumnos de primaria.
VS
Carrusel (1989) creada en Mexico (Televisa), y esta basada en una maestra y las aventuras de sus alumnos (como que seManny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-78314394927665064902012-06-12T14:55:00.000-04:002012-06-12T15:02:11.047-04:00Nostalgic Song of the Week - Candy Candy
De camino a hacer una que otra diligencia, mi mp3 player (que siempre esta en random) me tira este flashback y me pone una sonrisa en la cara.
Candy fue la primera novela que yo veia a diario. No importa que sean dibujos animados hechos en japon, la historia es universal y te llega al corazon. Te hace que vea todos los capitulos sin querer perdertelos (de lunes a viernes a las 5pm en el canal 11Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-12036722185065648502012-04-25T17:19:00.000-04:002012-04-25T17:19:56.375-04:00After thinking it - Do it!If you feel like doing something, what's stopping you? Don't let it be your negative attitude.
Be the first one with the "you can do it!" type of encouragement when you get an inkling of what your goal is that day/week/month/year.
If you don't like your current situation find a way to change it.
If the way you've been carrying your life hasn't given you any results you feel proud of, then you Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-36332093156625360672011-04-23T21:04:00.000-04:002011-04-23T21:04:57.009-04:00Guille de PoetaTengo todos los besos que no te he dado, guardados en una gabeta.
Los abrazos y caricias metidos en una maleta
Con ellos me voy de viaje, fugaz como un cometa
Mudarme a tu corazon es mi primera meta.
Maldita mi indecision, maldita tu indiferencia
El hecho que no estemos, eso no tiene ciencia.Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-14394880628998006282010-06-27T17:10:00.000-04:002010-06-27T17:10:04.889-04:00Movies I've Seen: Celda 211 (Spain)
Oi hablar mucho de esta pelicula entre foros de peliculas por ahi (gente recomendandola, etc), y vi que se habia ganado un monton de premios Goya (Oscares Españoles), y eso me inquieto la curiosidad, asi que me decidi a verla.
El trama es de un nuevo guardia en una carcel se ve detras de las rejas cuando se forma un motin que deja los presos al mando de la carcel, asi que el guardia se Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-21982895647789209932010-06-04T21:56:00.001-04:002010-06-04T22:02:04.637-04:00Movies I want to see: "Shadow of the Dark Knight"Here's the UNofficial synopsis of the next Batman movie:
Director Christopher Nolan (“Inception”) concludes his Batman saga with the much-anticipated follow-up to “The Dark Knight,” the third biggest film of all-time: “Shadow of the Dark Knight”
With the Joker and half the mob locked up and somewhat of a semblance of order returning to the streets of Gotham, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale, “Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-56297342024249935642010-05-30T15:56:00.000-04:002010-05-30T15:56:44.781-04:00The Next Movie should be: 24"24" deberia ser la proxima pelicula que hagan. Como ya terminaron la serie, los creadores piensan enfocarse en hacer peliculas, y como termino la serie, creo que el personaje de Jack Bauer se merece mas historias... ya sean en el presente, pasado o futuro.
Para los que no saben la serie se trataba de un agente especial de anti terrorismo que usa de todas sus habilidades para evitar un Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-44857216170213870372010-05-22T15:45:00.001-04:002010-05-22T16:07:23.344-04:00Junot Diaz elected to the Pulitzer boardCongratulations once again to Dominican writer Junot Diaz. This time for becoming the first latino elected to the Pulitzer board (the ones in charge of awarding the prizes).
Junot won a Pulitzer for his debut novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". I preach this book to everyone I meet (and tells me the love reading), for it's amazing prose and flow.
Back in college someone mentioned him Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-47292319186149275912010-05-18T19:33:00.002-04:002010-05-22T16:10:05.037-04:00[Music Video]: Follow Me (Sweeden)
I dont' know if you're aware, but it's been said that the short film PIXELS is being developed into a feature film. I imagine it will be in 3D, since that's the rage nowadays. Since that's happening, I decided to show you this video I just found (I'm late to the party, the video it's been online since last October), to bring nostalgia to all those who played Nintendo and Super Nintendo. Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-43922037842783092972010-04-10T17:16:00.000-04:002010-04-10T17:16:30.688-04:00Short Film: PIXELS (France)
PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
So New York City is attacked once again, this time the culprits are 8-bit characters from various video games. The blend of 3D animation with live footage makes this a piece of art. It reminds me of LOGORAMA (the short that won the Oscar this year), but populated with many stars from my childhood, such as Donkey Kong, Tetris, Space Invaders, Pac-Man, etc... enjoy!Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-79970105833499554152010-03-27T13:26:00.000-04:002010-03-27T13:26:18.823-04:00Movies I Tried Watching: Punisher War ZoneMe ha pasado que he tratado de ver una que otra pelicula, pero se me hicieron tan malas que ni las termine. La primera que me viene a la mente, pues no fue hace mucho fue:
PUNISHER WAR ZONE - Dios Mio, que basura! Ya me habian advertido que este pedazo de excremento no valia la pena verlo, pero a mi me gusto la pelicula anterior, y ademas el personaje se me hace intrigante, asi que penseManny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-48779746558462842222010-03-07T17:35:00.001-05:002010-03-27T13:28:23.980-04:00[short film]: SOUR ‘日々の音色 (Hibi no neiro)’ [Japan]Sometimes you find something on the net and you feel the need to share. Sex tapes are one, but this time it's the turn of a cool music video that I found floating on the net. It's new to me, but ancient on the net. I don't know what the song it's about (don't know japanase), but the concept it's great. Check it out:
Me encontre con este super cool video, que pienso que vale la pena Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-69009093208237305042010-03-03T17:16:00.001-05:002010-03-03T17:17:51.265-05:00The Next Movie should be: Y: The Last ManCual es la proxima pelicula que tu, como amante al cine, crees deben de hacer?
Es un tema libre, para dar opiniones... puede ser un programa de television, o un refrito (remake) de una pelicula que fue buena en su tiempo o seria mejor en este. Tambien puede ser una historia de un periodico o un articulo de una revista, quizas una biografia de alguien que se la merezca o de un libro que nos haya Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-38897981145757067792009-11-30T19:52:00.000-05:002009-11-30T19:52:00.882-05:00Short Film: Ataque de Panico! (Uruguay)
Mechas invaden Uruguay! podria ser el otro titulo.
Este es el cortometraje que llamo la atencion de Ghost House Pictures, la compania de produccion de la que forma parte Sam Raimi (director de Spider-Man, Drag Me to Hell). El director de esta, Fede Alvarez, firmo un trato con la produccion para dirigir un largometraje basado en el corto. Si lo que acabas de ver te recuerda la pelicula Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-42242250334084198592009-11-25T19:30:00.000-05:002009-11-25T19:30:17.040-05:00My PlayStation Gamer ID (pathetic)When the PlayStation 3 dropped its price around the end of September I had no excuse not to get one (even though I still have unopened games for the PS2). It's does everything, or so the commercials say. It's a Blu-Ray player, the internet it's free, it's getting great games (Uncharted 2, God of War 3), so I'm glad I didn't waste my money, or so I keep telling myself.
On the PlayStation Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-41483660841708646442009-11-13T06:05:00.001-05:002009-11-13T06:05:00.177-05:00Kick-Ass [trailer]Here it is... The Kick-Ass trailer for Kick-Ass:
The movie, written by Mark Millar (Marvel's Civil War, DC's Superman: Red Son, Wanted) and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, Stardust) is based on the comic book of the same name. It tells the story of a fanboy who makes it his mission to become a real superhero in real life even if he lacks superpowers. The series is awesome and Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-3642325471595742762009-11-12T16:58:00.000-05:002009-11-12T16:58:04.686-05:00Women's Sports (Surprisingly Not Boring) [video]More violent than Football, Rugby and Hockey combined. I give you Women's Soccer:
I guess losing wasn't on this girl's vocabulary. She's got the eye of the tiger, and some other animalistic features as well.Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-34295703941856406372009-10-01T04:58:00.000-04:002009-10-01T17:39:56.276-04:00The New Justice League Animated Movie [trailer]En el DVD de Public Enemies se anuncio la nueva pelicula animada de DC titulada "Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths". En esta entrega Lex Luthor (de una dimension paralela) busca ayuda de La Liga de La Justicia, pues aunque parezca imposible es el unico sobreviviente de La Liga de la Justicia de su dimension/universo. El enemigo principal de esta historia es Owlman, que es el equivalente de Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-1735314365258702782009-09-12T06:37:00.000-04:002009-09-12T06:37:00.484-04:00Movies I've Seen: The King of ComedyThe King of Comedy
Wan is dedicated to acting. However, nobody likes him in the studio as he always argues. Lau, a nightclub PR, comes to Wan's neighbour stage theatre to learn how to please her customers. She finds Wan's theory ridiculous but she eventually falls for him.
Una comedia que sufre de ser pelicula de accion y drama. Funciona en cada aspecto. Be on the lookout for the Jackie Chan Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-71160414347821476642009-09-11T06:51:00.001-04:002009-09-11T06:51:00.149-04:00Movies I've Seen: The GooniesThe GooniesA band of neighborhood friends find a 17th century treasure map and begin an adventurous quest to find the treasure. Directed by Richard Donner (Superman 1 & 2), written by Chris Columbus (who would later become the director of Home Alone and Harry Potter 1 & 2) and produced by Steven Spielberg, no wonder the movie is so much fun.Todavia tiene su encanto esta pelicula. Como es que yaManny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-7165119706529606732009-09-10T08:15:00.006-04:002009-09-10T08:15:00.220-04:00Planet Hulk [trailer]From The House of Ideas (aka Marvel Comics for non-hardcore fans) comes Planet Hulk.
While all the Civil War was happening in the Marvel Universe one of its greatest characters was nowhere to be found. The Hulk was M.I.A. from the battle, thanks to the Illuminati (Prof. X, Dr. Strange, Reed Richards, Iron Man and some other shady characters) who tricked the Hulk into a rocket and shot him upManny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-25556434709101692482009-09-09T07:05:00.006-04:002009-09-09T19:26:44.618-04:00"Classic FW": Camisetas DominicanasSo I got this Forward about funny Dominican T-shirts. They're all in Spanish, so if you can get somebody to translate the jokes you won't feel like saying "huh?" anymore. I saw a couple of them that I would proudly wear, but most of them are not available in the US or it's a hassle to get them. Enjoy!
Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758889452089697773.post-1628499613560577862009-08-22T08:39:00.001-04:002009-09-09T19:29:04.260-04:00Avatar - A 3D previewLast night I got to see a preview of selected scenes for the new James Cameron movie "Avatar". It was shown on IMAX theaters all over the country. My usual theaters were sold out so I had to trek to Brooklyn and catch a viewing over there. I got there late, as usual, but caught like the last 10 minutes where Sam Worthington was already a Na'vi (the race of aliens they transfer his mind to. Manny V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10060235779287911615noreply@blogger.com0